World’s End: My Keyword is One More Than Others

"Du Ge, you're really going to the top!" Gao Ming chattered in the school cafeteria, "Your spiritual power is actually 80. I entered the simulation field once and my spiritual power only increased by 3 points. If I had known that the reward for first place was so high, I would have gone all out! Even if I didn't want the reward, my spiritual power is almost reaching the standard for graduation assessment. In the next simulation field, I can possess anyone I want. With such a high starting point, it will be easy for me to become a warrior after passing the assessment..."

"My spiritual power is 160. It would scare you if I told you," Du Ge muttered in his heart.

Just like the eyes on the back of his head, the value of his spiritual power was also hidden.

This made Du Ge extremely grateful. An 80 spiritual power had already amazed Teacher Hu. If he knew that his true spiritual power was as high as 160, wouldn't he immediately send him to the battlefield to die?

"Uncle Du, come, have some soup." Gao Ming pushed a bowl of something unknown in front of Du Ge. "Forgive me for disrespecting you before, Uncle Du. When you become successful in the future, don't forget my service. If you still feel it's not enough, I'll wash up tonight and make sure to serve you well..."

"Get lost." Du Ge drank the soup without a good temper and looked at the synthetic steamed bun in front of him. He couldn't help but frown. Now he understood why Feng Jiu could distinguish between students from the common academy and the elite academy just by eating.

Synthetic food was made up of some ingredients that wouldn't kill people, with some seasonings and essential nutrients for the human body added.

It had no taste or aroma, and it felt like chewing on tofu dregs when eaten. It was difficult to swallow and definitely not something a human could eat.

"Uncle Du, are you unable to bear the pig food outside because you're used to the delicacies in the simulation field?" Gao Ming smirked, took a bite of the synthetic steamed bun, and said, "Why are you so short-sighted? You already have control over most of the situation. Take your time to develop and enjoy a few more days inside. Why did you come out so early?"

"Do you think I could still control the situation in that situation?" Du Ge took a bite of the steamed bun, struggled to swallow it with a mouthful of soup, and sighed once again. This life was really unbearable. He had to find a way to cross social classes...

"That's true. Even if you got first place, you can still live the life of an ordinary person with the reward. Why do you care about the virtual food in the simulation field?" Gao Ming leaned in next to Du Ge with a smile on his face. "Uncle Du, I won't ask for much. Just improve my situation once a week. After all, we've been living together for eighteen years, and we've been through a lot together."

Eighteen years?

You're only eighteen years old!

Du Ge couldn't help but complain. He forced himself to eat a few more bites of the steamed bun, stood up, and said, "I won't forget you, Gao Ming. You can enjoy your meal here. I can't eat anymore. I'm going back to the dormitory."

Although he had fooled the principal and the teachers, he still felt insecure without understanding the social structure of this world. He couldn't rely on Gao Ming for common knowledge in the future!

...

After leaving the cafeteria, the surrounding students were still discussing the simulation field.

The assessments for all grades were conducted at the same time.

After the first-grade simulation field live broadcast ended, more students gathered in the auditorium to watch the live broadcasts of the second, third, and fourth-grade simulation field assessments, drawing from the experiences of others.

Du Ge glanced at the assessments of the higher grades.

The second-grade assessment had an ancient war background, with countries at war and constant chaos.

The third-grade assessment seemed to have a modern urban supernatural background, filled with ghosts and monsters. If one wasn't careful, they would die a miserable death.

As for the fourth-grade graduation assessment, the background should be similar to a high martial world where a single slash could release a sword energy that spanned tens of meters...

The higher the grade, the more difficult the simulation field.

Each grade had ten screens on the live broadcast, with each screen in a different hall. The camera would follow the top ten participants, and as soon as the top ten rankings changed, the camera would quickly switch to a new perspective.

Everyone watched with great interest, occasionally switching from one hall to another, discussing the participants and guessing their keywords, trying to guess who would ultimately win.

There were even many people taking notes with pen and paper.

Du Ge took a few glances and left.

Most of the participants inside were too cautious, and their lives in the simulation field hardly changed. They were extremely careful, making sure their words and actions aligned with the keywords, but also afraid of standing out too much and being discovered by others. It was dull and more boring than watching a TV drama.

In the end, it was just lacking tension. Watching them perform was a waste of time.

...

Back in the dormitory, Du Ge quickly scanned through the information about the Qi Yuan Star civilization and then completely accepted this world.

...

No matter what kind of world it was, it would eventually develop social classes.

When the people of Qi Yuan Star lay flat and used the collective power of society to cultivate warriors to continue civilization, the warriors who risked their lives for the survival of the nation naturally gained a higher status and became a privileged class, enjoying the best social welfare.

But human nature is selfish.

After their status was elevated, the warriors would definitely find ways to secure their own interests...Due to resource scarcity, resources were allocated by the government, and most people could not afford to raise their own children.

Some extreme parents, unwilling to see their children suffer in such a world, would choose to kill their children after they were born.

In short, for various reasons, the infant mortality rate on Qi Yuan Star was extremely high.

To avoid this situation, the government of Qi Yuan Star issued a new regulation. Newborns would be taken over by the government for unified care and education.

These children under unified management would study in school. Before the age of eighteen, they would learn basic cultural knowledge, performance skills, understanding of keywords, and so on.

Until they participated in the first Simulation Field assessment at the age of eighteen.

Then, there would be a simulation test every year.

Finally, at the age of twenty-one, they would undergo the last assessment in their life. If they became warriors, they would rise to prominence. If they failed the assessment, they would fall to the bottom.

...

When this system was first established, the treatment of warriors' children and ordinary people was the same.

After all, this concerned the development of the entire civilization.

Except for the central database, no one knew who their parents were.

Who could become a warrior was based on ability, and the opportunity was fair to everyone.

But a hundred years ago, Hua Gu Yun led the team from Qi Yuan Star to win the championship for three consecutive years, winning a large amount of resources for the world. Relying on his own achievements, the super warrior Hua Gu Yun proposed the bill of "Excellent Genes to the Winning Rate of Alien Star Battlefield".

The main content of the bill was about the different cultivation of the offspring of warriors and civilians.

Hua Gu Yun believed that the excellent genes of warriors were more likely to produce excellent offspring than ordinary people, and warriors would be more dedicated when cultivating their own offspring.

Letting warriors cultivate their own offspring could potentially produce more elites.

An increase in elites meant a higher probability of victory on the Alien Star Battlefield, which would help to obtain more resources, be more beneficial to the continuation of human civilization, and could even feed more people...

As soon as this bill was proposed, it immediately received the response and support of the majority of the warrior class.

Among ordinary people, there were wise men who opposed privilege, but their voices were insignificant at the bottom of society.

Moreover, during the three years of Hua Gu Yun's victory, the lower-class people had filled their stomachs unprecedentedly, which was a solid achievement.

Ordinary people who were hungry all day were already satisfied with a full meal, let alone, they didn't even know who their children were. They were already at the bottom, and they didn't even know who to fight for rights...

So.

The proposal was quickly passed.

From then on, the children of warriors enjoyed privileges. They could be raised by their biological parents and could enter elite academies with stronger teaching staff.

From then on, warriors had their own family system, completely separating them from civilians.

Having a family meant maintenance and inheritance.

The older generation of warriors, in order to ensure that their status was not replaced by the new generation of warriors, mobilized a large amount of resources to favor the elite academies.

Family inheritance and better education led to the emergence of elites in elite academies, occupying most of the places in the Alien Star Battlefield...

However.

In order to give the lower-class people a glimmer of hope, the Qi Yuan Star government retained the civilian academy, ostensibly to give everyone a fair chance to compete.

The government-run civilian academy, no matter what, could not compare with the elite academy. In academies like the one Du Ge attended, it was already a cause for school-wide celebration if three or four students passed the assessment and entered the warrior system in one class.

The fate of most students would be to fall to the bottom after graduation, like cattle and horses, dedicating their strength to the operation of the world.

Therefore, the four simulation tests after the age of eighteen were referred to by the students of the civilian academy as the last welfare of life, to be enjoyed if possible.

Of course.

More students still held the illusion of becoming warriors, hoping to stand out in the Simulation Field. After all, this was their only chance to turn their lives around and change their fate.

(End of Chapter)